PARIS (AP) — Defending champion Inter Milan needed two late own goals to scrape a 2-0 win at last-place Venezia in Serie A, while AC Milan’s unbeaten league run under coach Rúben Amorim ended with a 4-2 loss at home to Bologna on Wednesday.
Inter's victory moved it level on points at the top with Lazio, heading into its derby against Milan on Saturday. Lazio and Inter have the same goal difference, but Inter has scored more.
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Liverpool players watch penalty shotout during the fourth-round English Football League Cup soccer match between Liverpool and Chelsea in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Genoa's Vitinha, left, and Juventus' Pierre Kalulu battle for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Juventus in Genoa, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli's Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and SSC Napoli, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Monza, Italy. (Tiziano Ballabio/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Samuel Mbangula, left, scores during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Inter Milan's Carlos Augusto celebrates with teammates after scoring, during the Serie A soccer match between Venezia and Inter Milan, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Juventus failed to take advantage of Milan’s slip when it lost 2-0 at Genoa and four-time champion Napoli won at Monza to leapfrog Juve in the standings.
Elsewhere, Ballon D’Or winner Harry Kane received a guard of honor from his Bayern Munich teammates before a German Cup game but stayed on the bench. Title holder Manchester City and Liverpool both needed penalties at home to reach the League Cup quarterfinals.
City beat Brighton following a 2-2 draw and Liverpool ousted Premier League rival Chelsea after they drew 1-1 at Anfield.
Matías Moreno put the ball into his own net in the 80th minute and fellow defender Redouane Halhal did the same two minutes later. Venezia's defeat was its eighth in nine games.
Belgian winger Samuel Mbangula, who started his career at Juventus, grabbed a hat trick against Milan, which scored two early goals from Alphadjo Cissé.
Fifth-place Milan will have to defend better against Inter on Saturday, having led Bologna 2-1 up until the hour mark.
After Mbangula put the visitors ahead in the eighth minute, Cissé's brace put Milan up at the break. But Bartesaghi's own goal made it 2-2 and Mbangula did the rest.
Napoli was without suspended coach Massimiliano Allegri and moved level on points with Juve, but climbed above its rival and into sixth place on goal difference.
Denmark striker Rasmus Højlund, forward Matteo Politano, defender Rafa Marin, and former City standout Kevin De Bruyne each scored.
Genoa got first-half goals from defender Kingsley Ehizibue and forward Tommaso Baldanzi against Juve, which dropped to eighth spot.
Parma drew 0-0 with Udinese in a basement battle.
Kane waved to the crowd as he walked onto the field at Allianz Arena for the match against second-division Magdeburg.
Bayern won 6-1 with France star Michael Olise scoring twice.
Bayer Leverkusen rallied from two goals down to beat second-tier Nürnberg 5-2 at home with defender Edmond Tapsoba netting twice.
All-Bundesliga games saw Freiburg beat Wolfsburg 3-2 thanks to a stoppage-time goal from Keisuke Goto and Germany forward Deniz Undav’s 90th-minute winner earn Stuttgart a 1-0 win at Paderborn.
The Spanish soccer federation postponed all 24 Copa del Rey games scheduled Wednesday because of a deadly train accident in central Spain.
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Liverpool players watch penalty shotout during the fourth-round English Football League Cup soccer match between Liverpool and Chelsea in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Genoa's Vitinha, left, and Juventus' Pierre Kalulu battle for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Juventus in Genoa, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)
Napoli's Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and SSC Napoli, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Monza, Italy. (Tiziano Ballabio/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Samuel Mbangula, left, scores during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Inter Milan's Carlos Augusto celebrates with teammates after scoring, during the Serie A soccer match between Venezia and Inter Milan, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Alaska on Wednesday after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
The race is among a handful of Senate contests this year expected to determine control of the chamber. Trump had previously directed his Department of Justice to sue to block certification of the Senate race should Democrat Mary Peltola defeat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
“I think they should be prosecuted,” the Republican president said about Peltola and the other Sullivan, responding to questions about a report in The New York Times. He earlier had posted on social media that “Peltola should suffer the Legal and Political consequences for what she has done.”
The newspaper obtained text messages between members of Peltola's campaign discussing recruiting other people with the same name as the two-term Republican. They eventually landed on a retired schoolteacher in the small fishing community of Petersburg named Dan J. Sullivan. He made it through the state's August open primary and is one of four candidates on the ranked vote ballot for next Tuesday's general election.
Dan J. Sullivan has long denied he was running at Democrats’ behest and has said he had no contact with Peltola's campaign: “Zero, none, zilch,” he said in June after announcing his run.
He did not respond to a message seeking comment Wednesday from The Associated Press.
Peltola's campaign, in a statement, said: “Mary got in this race because Alaskans deserve a champion who is fighting to lower their costs and put Alaska first, and no tweet or threat from any DC politician will keep her away from that fight.”
A top state elections official earlier this year ruled Dan J. Sullivan ineligible for the primary ballot, concluding that his declaration of candidacy was filed "with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot’s fairness or neutrality.”
The case went to the Alaska Supreme Court, which ruled he was qualified to run.
Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has endorsed Sullivan and is a longtime friend of Peltola, said in a statement that Alaskans “deserve the honest truth from Mary and her campaign — what has been revealed is a pattern of lies and coverups and a culture of deception that belongs nowhere in our elections or among our elected officials.”
Nate Adams, a spokesperson for Sen. Sullivan’s campaign, said: “Mary Peltola, her campaign and her senior advisers colluded with the DSCC, national Democrat lawyers and Alaska Democrat operatives to recruit candidates to deliberately confuse and deceive voters.”
Peltola's campaign, in a statement Wednesday, said it “has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.” They issued a similar statement in June after Sen. Sullivan questioned the other Sullivan's candidacy.
Democrats, including the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, have repeatedly denied that they were involved in any campaign trick.
“The DSCC is not involved with Dan J. Sullivan," the organization said in a statement Wednesday. The Times report said DSCC staffers were on texts with the Peltola campaign discussing the second Sullivan.
Legal experts said the report about Democrats appearing to recruit Dan J. Sullivan as a way to potentially confuse voters will have no impact on a lawsuit filed recently by the U.S. Department of Justice. President Donald Trump directed the department to file the lawsuit, which seeks to halt certification of a possible Peltola win, citing the presence of the second Dan Sullivan on the ballot.
“It’s a dirty campaign trick, and it’s good reason the Alaska Supreme Court should have permitted the candidate to have been removed from the ballot,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor. “But now it’s in the hands of the voters, not litigation.”
It's not the first time a candidate's appearance on the Alaska ballot has been questioned. In 2024, the state Democratic Party sued to keep off the U.S. House ballot a man with no apparent ties to the state who is serving time in a federal prison in New York. A divided state Supreme Court allowed him to remain on the ballot. The man is running again this year, also in the House race, and is on the Nov. 3 ranked vote general election ballot.
The Times story about the recruitment of Dan J. Sullivan is based partly on interviews with Peltola's former campaign manager, Elisa Rios, who was fired in August amid a campaign shake-up. The newspaper said she tried to retract her comments last week. Efforts by the AP to reach Rios were not immediately successful.
As of Monday, 46,204 ballots had already been cast in Alaska, according to AP data. Sen. Sullivan is listed on the ballot as the Republican incumbent. The other Sullivan is listed as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., with no party affiliation.
Riccardi reported from Denver.
FILE - Dan Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection, talks in front of a welcome sign near downtown Petersburg, Alaska, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)
In this photo shot with a smart phone, Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan poses ahead of a debate with Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska's Senate race, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
In this photo shot with a smart phone, Democrat Mary Peltola smiles ahead of a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
A sample election ballot is displayed in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
